Duterte was reacting to an earlier statement by Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chair Jose Maria Sison that the NPA is still capable of launching attacks that could kill one government soldier a day and force the government to return to the negotiation table.

(Now, I’m placing a premium. Sige, P25,000. If you work really hard to crawl across the forest, you’ll surely be able to shoot even just one. If you can shoot a bird above you, then how much more about an [NPA] whose head is so big? The NPAs are boastful. Mayabang eh, nakakaasar.)

The President earlier threatened to have five New People’s Army (NPA) rebels killed for every soldier killed by the communist guerrillas.